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Ichi-go ichi-e (Japanese: 一 期 一 会, pronounced [it͡ɕi.ɡo it͡ɕi.e], lit. "one time, one meeting") is a Japanese four-character idiom that describes a cultural concept of treasuring the unrepeatable nature of a moment. The term has been roughly translated as "for this time only", and "once in a lifetime".
The author Richard McKenna wrote a story, first published in 1967, titled "Fiddler's Green,” in which he considers the power of the mind to create a reality of its own choosing, especially when a number of people consent to it. The main characters in this story are also sailors, and have known of the legend of Fiddler's Green for many years.
An idiom dictionary may be a traditional book or expressed in another medium such as a database within software for machine translation.Examples of the genre include Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, which explains traditional allusions and proverbs, and Fowler's Modern English Usage, which was conceived as an idiom dictionary following the completion of the Concise Oxford English ...
1. "Americanism is a question of principle, of idealism, of character. It is not a matter of birthplace, or creed or line of descent." 2. "This country will not be a good place for any of us to ...
someone who is unwell or out of sorts (e.g. "nervous wreck") a usu. major road, rail, or air accident or collision: wrench a sudden pull or twist emotional distress a tool used for tightening nuts and bolts *(used in UK chiefly in combination, e.g. torque wrench)
(Origin: Buddhist scriptures) 会者定離 eshajōri (e meeting + sha person + jō always + ri be separated) Every meeting must involve a parting; Those who meet must part. (Origin: Buddhist scriptures) 一期一会 ichigoichie (ichi one + go life + ichi one + e encounter) (Every encounter is a) once-in-a-lifetime encounter (Origin: Japanese ...
Kuiper uses the fact that this idiom is a phrase that is a part of the English lexicon (technically, a "phrasal lexical item"), and that there are different ways that the expression can be presented—for instance, as the common "hail-fellow-well-met," which appears as a modifier before the noun it modifies, [6] [7] versus the more original ...
From Car Doc to People Doc. By Andy Simmons. Carl Allamby overcame self-doubt to realize his lifelong dream. Carl Allamby had a problem. It was his auto-repair business.